I use Outlook on my computer for a 'side hustle' business, and do not want to intermingle my email accounts on one application - and "Mail" does everything I need for my Yahoo/Gmail/etc. accounts.
I've tried looking online for some, but can't really find anything that fits the job like the simple, basic "Mail".
So, reaching out to the technocrati here at FreeP to see what y'all use for e-mail on a Windows laptop?
Stop using windoze. Linux Mint (on laptop I’m using now) is great.
Took this old laptop that was unable to run win10, loaded Linux Mint on it and now it works like a brand new laptop.
I use yahoo e-mail. Screw microsoft, gates and windoze.
Did you know, 2min of each hour of windoze use, it’s reporting back to ms?
Just searched for replacement for windows mail and got this and I’ve never heard any of them LOL https://www.xda-developers.com/these-are-the-best-mail-app-alternatives-for-your-windows-pc/
Thunderbird.
I don’t even use a Microsoft account just the local account but you have to turn off your internet to create a local account and that can sometimes be a pain ,LOL
If all you want to do is keep your email accounts separated, you could just set up another Outlook profile. When Outlook opens, it will give you the choice of profile to start - there’s no co-mingling of emails, as you’ll have separate .pst files.
Thunderbird.
For a standalone, Thunderbird. As the old ads said:
“What’s the word? Thunderbird.
What’s the price? Mighty nice.”
Or get the Seamonkey suite - it has an email client built in.
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/start/
The envelope icon at the bottom left launches the email client; it also has a non-Google based browswer, a basic HTML editor and some other features built in. If you want to avoid the Google/Microsoft to the extent possible on a Windows system, it’s the way to go.
Thunderbird has been reliable for me for 20 years
I only use the DVD version of Outlook. You can set up a mailbox per email address.
Samsung mail app. It’s simple.
I was able to dump Microsoft Outlook by switching to a free web-based email client offered by the company that hosts my mail server.
If your email address is something like ro_dreaming@XYZ.com, see if XYZ.com offers a free web based email client.
In my case, the email web client is based on a free email interface called Zimbra. It was extremely easy to get up to speed on Zimbra because it looks very similar to Outlook. On the plus side, it is also a lot faster than Outlook because you don’t have to download/upload your messages to and from your Windows PC.
As of June 2024, Google does not intend to shut down Gmail. It started as a hoax in 2023 and Google finally made a statement in June 2024. You can Google it.
There was a thread a couple of weeks ago. The poster had trouble connecting to a MS Exchange server with Thunderbird. As long as your not connecting to an Exchange server most third party app should work. I rarely use my Exchange account with Thunderbird and it quit working some time ago. It is no longer supported and the options seemed to be to use Outlook or webmail. I also tried the Windows 10 mail client and couldn’t connect either
The one they're getting people to switch their Mail accounts to - I'm using it now - is a bare-bones app that encompasses most of Mail's basic features, switches the look and feel a little (more irritating) and will automatically incorporate your Mail profile. The first email that appears in your Inbox each session is an ad. You actually do have a little control over it but it's just one more thing to manage and most people just ignore it.
Your need, if I understand it correctly, might also be met by using a single app with multiple profiles, one for each account. The freeware Thunderbird does support this. I use that on one of my older machines and it works just fine, and it works fine under Linux too. It's a little clumsy if you use features such as mass mailing from lists, but for single user work it's great. Those two, New Outlook and Thunderbird, are what I'm currently using on computers of several vintages (can't bring myself to toss a perfectly good 'puter just because it's old) and OS's, and will continue to do so until Microsoft pulls the plug on Win10 support in October '25, unless they change their current published plan. That's a different conversation, and that little time bomb is ticking. Hope this helps a little.
My Outlook screws up a lot. Keeps making me use my password and gets stuck in a loop.
I think that the answer proposed by ten18 is overall the simplest and most correct for you, especially because you already own and already know how to use Outlook.
The second Outlook profile can simultaneously handle all the separate accounts for all your other e-mails.
-—— https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4258973/posts?page=7#7
However I have some other comments and suggestions.
There is a free program out of Australia (from a very nice guy) that I used for years, that I really like. It was formerly paid in the multi-account version, but it is now free. It is very secure. It is even “portable” so has versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and can be moved easily. It has a few quirks that I got used to — I always felt that it was otherwise so good that I put up with those.
-—— https://memecode.com/scribe/
Finally, if you want to pay for it, eM Client is fabulous, and I LOVE it as an “Outlook Replacement.”
-—— https://www.emclient.com/
(also see https://sourceforge.net/software/product/eM-Client/)
eM Client is out of the Czech Republic, although their English version totally Americanized and there are zero language issues.
It has free and trial versions although you would need the paid for multiple accounts.
It is very slick and powerful, and rock solid. I have never noted even one crash or issue. I am still using version 9 — and although I could go to their version 10 for free, I have been too lazy to upgrade since I am quite happy with version 9.
I use multiple POP3 and IMAP accounts on eM Client. On my IMAP accounts I rarely leave a lot of e-mail on the server, and instead archive older messages in common local folders. However it is quite flexible and will probably fit however you want to use it.
It also looks and handles great, like older versions of Windows with menus and all the detailed control you want, no “ribbon,” and no dumbed-down enlarged over-simplified Win11 “metro” interface.
I think that the paid “forever” version of eM Client is totally worth it for someone using e-mail as much as you are.
If not eM Client, probably best to just use the multi-profile capability on Outlook, as per ten18.
Best wishes!